Egretta

Egretta is a genus of herons and egrets. These birds live in most parts of the world.

Species
The genus contains 13 species:
 Image  Scientific name  Common Name Distribution120px  Egretta picata  Pied heronAustralia, Wallacea and New Guinea. 120px  Egretta novaehollandiae  White-faced heronof Australasia,  New Guinea, the islands of Torres Strait, Indonesia, New Zealand120px  Egretta rufescens   Reddish egret Central America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast of the United States, and Mexico.120px  Egretta ardesiaca  Black heronSub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal and Sudan to South Africa, Madagascar120px  Egretta vinaceigula Slaty egret south-central Africa.120px  Egretta tricolor    Tricolored heron, Louisiana heronGulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, to northern South America as far south as Brazil.120px  Egretta caerulea  Little blue heron United States, through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay120px  Egretta thula  Snowy egret North, Central and South America. 120px  Egretta garzetta   Little egretEurope, Africa, Asia, and Australia.120px  Egretta gularis Western reef heron  southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia120px  Egretta dimorpha  Dimorphic egret Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mayotte, Seychelles, and Tanzania. 120px   Egretta sacra    Pacific reef heron, Pacific reef egret, or eastern reef heronsouthern Asia and Oceania. 120px   Egretta eulophotes  Chinese egret  east Asia. 

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